Automatic vending apparatus.



S. MADSEN. AUTOMATIC VENDING APPARATUS.

h r M I APPLICATION FILED AUG-26y 19M- 1 ,137,640

S. MADSENQ AUTOMATIC VENDING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.26. 1914.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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gq ggg Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 2'3, ii9fi5.

Application flied August 28, 191a. Serial No. 8583M.

To'all whom it may concern: to which opening access may be had to the Be it known that I, Sonnn SEN, a subcompartment after it has been lowered to Ject of the King of Denmar residing at delivery position. New York, in the county of New York and Fastened to the casing by means of a State of New York, have invented certain bracket member D, shown clearly in Fig. 2 new and useful Improvements in Automatic of the drawings, is a rod D having a han- Vending Apparatus; and I do hereby dedle D atits upper end and its lower end a dare the following to be a full, clear and piston D which is provided with a by-pass exact description of the invention, such as d, and which piston is adaptedto move will enable others skilled in the art to which within the tubular receptacle D, adapted it-appertains to make and use the same, refto contain oil or liquid which is designated erence beihg had to the accompanying drawby letter I), the purpose of said piston ings, and to the letters-and figures of referworking in the liquid being to allow the ence marked thereon, which form a part of cabinet to lower gradually after it is re- 7 this specification. leased by mechanism which will be herein- This invention relates to new and useful after described. 7 improvements in coin vendin apparatus, A coin chute, designated byletter E, is the object inview being to pro uce a simple mounted. at an inclination in the wall of theand eilicient mechanism whereby commodicabinet and has two complemental parts, ties may be automatically dispensed by the designated 16 letters E and E", which are insertion of the requisite number of coins hinged toget er at E and each part has an to cooperate with a push rod to release lockelongated openin E therein. he part E ing mechanism. has a shoulder 4 formed upon the inner The invention comprises various details face thereof, forming a track down which so of construction, combinations and arrangethe coins inserted in the upper end. of the ments of parts which will be hereinafter slot are adapted to run to make exit at the fully described, shown in the accompanying lower end thereof into the hopper F, which drawings and then specifically defined in the latter is provided with an inclined bottom appended claims. F, down. which the coin passes into the 5 My invention'is illustrated in the accomslotted tilting coin-receiving member H, panying drawings, in which: which is pivotally mounted upon the pivot Fi e 1 is a front elevation of a cabinet H upon the laterally extending bracket arm forming a part of my invention. Fig. 2 is I which is fastened by means 0 the bolts 1' a central vertical sectional view through the to the wall of the cabinet. Said memberrl'l cabinet. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail in elehas a contracted extension H at its lower vation partly in section of the operative end, carrying an anti-friction wheel H and parts of the device. Fig. 4' is an enlarged J is a spring which is fastened at one end to detail view of a spring-pressed tilting lockthe wall of the cabinet and its other end to a ing device, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view on pin J carried by the member H and serves 5 line 5-5 of Fig. 3. to normally hold the latter so that the anti- Reference now being bad to the details of friction wheel H will engage a shoulder the drawings by letter, A. designates the wall upon the bar B to lock the various compartof a cabinet in which is a casing A having a ments in a fixed position. Said member H, series of shelves A dividing the easing into a detail of which is shown in Fig. 4-. of the a series of compartments, each adapted to drawings, is provided with an inclined orcontain any commodity to be dis ensed'aution L which, as the coin is dropped rom tomatically by my. apparatus. aid casing the chute above, is adapted to-strike and be has mounted upon the side thereof a bar B directed thereby down through the space inprovided with a serles of notches terminattermediate the opposite walls of the member ing in shouldersB with curved portionsB H and to be temporarily supported by the intermediate the shoulder each shoulder inwardly projecting end of the stationary being opposite each'compartment in the cassupporting bar N Said bar hi, it will be g a P e t Purpose of n9 noted, is provided with a series of aperin'g one com artment to be lowered at a time tures N and O is a bolt passing through one k posite an opening C which is closed by or another of said apertures and also the means of a doonG' above the shelf C and bracket arml and provides means for boldcoins'as the case may be.

ing the barN' in different positions accordingly as it may be desired to adapt the apparatus to operate with one, two or three In'the drawings I have illustrated the bar N as adjustedm the center of. the three apertures, WlllCh adapts the apparatus to operate with two coins which are shown in dotted lines in Fig, 3 and designated by letter R. It Wlll be noted that the angled'projection N of the bar N is adapted to engage the notch or slot Q,.shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, and to form a temporary support for the coin before the apparatus is actuated for the purpose of dispensing any commodlty from one of the compartments.

A push rod T is mounted horizontally in an aperture in the wall of the, cabinet and in checked b an aperture in the bracket extension ,T, and a coiled spring T is interposed between the bracket arm and the inner face of the casing and tendsnormally to return the push rod after having been moved to the position shown in dotted lines the anti-friction wheel H? at its lower-end to be thrown out of engagement with a shoulder B formed upon the bar B to allow the casing having the compartments and the notched bar fastened thereto to lower, the downward movement of the casing being scribed, making the descent gradual.

coin receiv1ng memberH and positions shown in Fig. 3, one

he operation of my invention will be readily understood andis' as follows:Access to. the various compartments may be had from the rear of the casing in order to fill the same with the wished to be automatically dispensed The casing is raised to its h1g1est positionbymeans of the handle end drawing the tubular shell When the device is set to operate by the use of two coins, the drawin of the bar D" as shown in gs, the coins are dropped in the assume the resting upon the other, the upper of-the coins in alinement with the push rod. T. 'Bypushing in upon the rod T against the edgeof the coins, the latter will cause themember vH to tilt to position shown in dotted lines, thus releasing the wheel H from engagement with' the shoulder and. allowing the casing to lower by avity gradually incident to the tilts to the. position shown in dotted lines in F g. 3, the laterally projectingend of the bar N Wlll be, out of engagement with the 'from the shoulder B,

is provided,

the pur-- b propose to use a y the pistonand rod before dedifferent commodities n rying-member'. pfitonto the.upper end of the upon the lower end of a tiltmg slotted mounted within the casing, the: edge of the 1 p ston pus mg down through the oil or liql I l uld in the shell I). -When the member H be a spring-pressed plunger adapted" to notch Q, allowing the coins to fall'through the lower open end of the member Immediately after the wheel H is released the bar B will commence to lower and the spring J will draw the member H back to its normal position, the wheel H riding upon the curved edge B of said bar. I

In the event of the apparatus being set to operate with three coins, the pivotal pin 0 is adjusted in the upper of the three ap ertures N making it necessary for three COIIIS to be superimposed one upon another in order to bring the uppermost thereof in alinement with the push rod T.

' It will be noted that, by the provision of an apparatus embodying the features of my invention, an automatic vending apparatus,

so arranged that each time the member H is tilted through the medium of the push rod the anti-friction wheel H is released and the casing containing the compartments allowed to lower the head of one compartment 'an this operation may be repeated until access is had to each of the va rious compartments in order throughout the series and after which the apparatus may e reset by raising the compartment through the medium of the lever as described.

ile I. have shown in the drawings a singlecasing, it will be understood that I plurality of similarly constructed casings 1n a single cabinet, duplieating the parts shown and described. at I claim-to be new is:

1. An automatic vending apparatus comprising a casing provided with a'coin chute, a movable slotted coin-receiving -member into which the coin is directed from the chute, means cooperating with said member for bold g one or more coins within the latter, a plunger adopted to contact with a coin exposed in the slot of the member to cause the latter to move, and means upon said member for supporting an article carprislng acasing provided with a coin chute, a tiltmg slotted member adapted-to receive a coin from a chute, adjustablefmean's for holding one coins within the latter,

or more a spring-pressed plunger adapted to contact 2. An automatic vending apparatus comwit a 00111 exposed in the slot of the memher to cause the latter to tilt, and means the tilting member for supporting an article carrying member.

automatic vending {apparatus comprlsmg a casing provided with a coin chute,

com-receiving -member atter having notches, an adjustable mem-j r supported within signed to engage said notches to cause the apparatus to operate with one or more coins,

contact the casing and de-" with a coin exposed in the slot of the member to cause said member to tilt, and means upon the member for supporting an article carrying member.

7 4. An automatic vending apparatus comprising a casing provided with a coin chute, a coin receiving member having a passageway extending the entire length thereof and open ended and provided with a slot in one edge thereof, an inclined portion within the member for directing a coin toward said slot, the member being provided with notches below the slot, pins projecting from said member and pivotally mounted within the casing, a spring fastened at one end to the member above 1ts pivotal point and its other end to the wall of the casing, a bar adjustably held within the casing and having a lateral extension for engagement with one of said notches, and a spring-pressed 20 plunger adapted to bear against a 00111 ex- SOREN MA nsEu.

Witnesses:

ELIZA LEHR, P. B. OESNY. 

